This is too soon for me to be anguished on reading your articles, which I otherwise so wholeheartedly like and appreciate. Recently, I disliked your article on Congress and its moral compass.
Though I agree on the lack of planning and infrastructure, I must remind you that there is another side of the story. Do yo know what the transmission losses from power generators to consumers is? How much elctricity is required in the north (Punjab, Haryana, DELHI) and what would happen if power is generated in Jharkhand and transmitted to these places??? I recall that you made a hue and cry about the incident involving Maha ministers and the non-functional a/c in an airplane. If that was not you, please excuse me.
There are certain scientific reasons for which things are the way they are, after all our planners are all not extremely foolish people. You should also realize that all over the world, power plants are located based on power considerations and partly include transportation costs. In our country where there is non-uniform power demand and an even greater disparity between demand and supply, this is the best that people can offer.
